CNR NANOTEC
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CNR-NANOTEC operates through its four research divisions located in Lecce, Bari, Roma and Rende (CS). CNR-NANOTEC mission is the development and prototyping of innovative materials and devices obtained using bottom-up approaches (self-assembling, molecular engineering of polymers, biological and organic molecules) as well as top-down approaches (nanotechnology/last generation litographic techniques applied to semiconductor materials).
In particular, CNR-NANOTEC researchers design and synthesize new nanomaterials and prototype devices with performances at the state of the art or above it. Other core activities are the study and the manipulation of soft matter and biomaterials and the study of the basics of plasma chemistry and physics and the development of new plasma methodologies for application in many fields such as environment, energy and life sciences, aerospace and cultural heritage.
Amongst the many research activities, we here cite:
1) design and synthesis of colloidal nanoparticles for many applications such as catalysis, drug-delivery, third generation photovoltaics, next generation OLED lighting;
2) design and synthesis of 2D materials such as graphene and MoS for applications in electronics as well as optoelectronics;
3) development of new generation ultrafast quantum computers and data transmission systems through spintronics and polaritonics;
4) fabrication of lab-on-a-chip systems (LOCs) for diagnostics and point-of-care therapies;
5) synthetic biology and bioreactors for the development of new biocompatible materials and systems with predetermined functions;
6) plasmas for energy and space applications (electric propulsion for microsatellites and plasma assisted combustion).
CNR-NANOTEC mission is to attract and involve the best Italian and foreign researchers working abroad through an open-access management of the facilities in order to promote the development of external projects as well as partnerships with the best international research centres.
